The Miseducation of Byron Thomas. Or, if this is what they are teaching black kids, I’m homeschooling.

June 24, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Another example of how this week has just been too much: I am a black South Carolinian. Here’s why I support the Confederate flag. – By Byron Thomas, via WaPost If this is what they are teaching black children in school — that their “ancestors” were Confederate cooks who “served” admirably (but like used as a tool […]

My Latest on Blogher: Young Black Children and Suicide

June 11, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

The first time I thought about killing myself, I was eleven. I’d had some trauma in my life, unspeakable things that my tween self could not articulate. Pain that ran deep, seated into my soul. I could not get away from it. Image Credit: Sam D via Flickr At eleven, I didn’t make a plan; […]